I like that this is the sort of build you can just 'kill things and kill some more' and not have to worry about the Merchant perk, training, etc. I had a hard time adapting to the Arcane Archer style because of that. The only real preparation involved seems to be getting ahold of enough petty gems early enough, and getting Azura's/Black Star before the dremora start hurling fireballs!
On the petty gem side of things, is 200 really enough with Well Rested/Mage Stone and very little disenchanting? I don't want to be fast traveling all over Skyrim hunting down things to disenchant when I could be out blasting bandits with lightning bolts and hacking down draugr with a fiery soul trap silver sword.
Edit: Forgot to mention, Folgonthur or however it's called has a guaranteed Absorb Health weapon, and you can get a map marker to it by reading a book available in either Dragonsreach or the Arcaneum. Not only is this enchant worth more gold than Damage Stamina from Froki's Bow, it's also, erm... really useful. Got my 'quick test' character through those pesky necromancers and dremora on the way to Azura's Star acquisition.
I like that this is the sort of build you can just 'kill things and kill some more' and not have to worry about the Merchant perk, training, etc. I had a hard time adapting to the Arcane Archer style because of that. The only real preparation involved seems to be getting ahold of enough petty gems early enough, and getting Azura's/Black Star before the dremora start hurling fireballs!
On the petty gem side of things, is 200 really enough with Well Rested/Mage Stone and very little disenchanting? I don't want to be fast traveling all over Skyrim hunting down things to disenchant when I could be out blasting bandits with lightning bolts and hacking down draugr with a fiery soul trap silver sword.
Edit: Forgot to mention, Folgonthur or however it's called has a guaranteed Absorb Health weapon, and you can get a map marker to it by reading a book available in either Dragonsreach or the Arcaneum. Not only is this enchant worth more gold than Damage Stamina from Froki's Bow, it's also, erm... really useful. Got my 'quick test' character through those pesky necromancers and dremora on the way to Azura's Star acquisition.